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Metaphors, Visual Blends and the Ideology of Information Technology

open access: yesHermes, 2000
In this article I argue from linguistic and visual evidence that the information highway metaphor is having tremendous ideological effects in shaping U.S. politics over technology.
Tim Rohrer
doaj   +1 more source

An Integrated Approach to Metaphor and Framing in Cognition, Discourse, and Practice, with an Application to Metaphors for Cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In this article, we examine the notion of ‘framing’ as a function of metaphor from three interrelated perspectives—cognitive, discourse-based, and practice-based—with the aim of providing an adaptable blueprint of good practice in framing analysis.
Demjén, Z, Demmen, J, Semino, E
core   +1 more source

Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptualizing the Grand Metaphor of 'Argument as War' in the Culture of the Holy Quran Based on Lakoff and Johnson's Conceptual Metaphor Theory [PDF]

open access: yesقرآن فرهنگ و تمدن
One of the fundamental topics in cognitive linguistics, introduced by Mark Johnson and George Lakoff, is the concept of Conceptual Metaphor. In this theory, one conceptual domain is understood and interpreted through another domain, providing a framework
Ezat Molla Ebrahimi, Ayat Haghdoust
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T. rex cognition was T. rex‐like—A critical outlook on diverging views of the neurocognitive evolution in dinosaurs

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract A recent debate has emerged between Caspar et al. (2024) and Herculano‐Houzel (2023) on inferring extinct dinosaur cognition by estimating brain neuron counts. While thought‐provoking, the discussion largely overlooks the function of cognition, as well as partly neglects the difficulties involved in estimating neuron numbers, which according ...
Thomas Rejsenhus Jensen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

King Aorta: Narrative anatomy education

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 264-276, March 2025.
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of narrative anatomy education and traditional anatomy education on academic achievement. The study included 64 students who were randomly divided into two groups. The two groups were (n = 32) control (Group 1) and (n = 32) experimental (Group 2). The pretest scores of the two groups were 36.
Halil Yilmaz
wiley   +1 more source

There is a method to the madness, and a madness to the method: A beginner's guide to qualitative research

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Qualitative research is increasingly engaged in anatomical sciences education research. However, many in the discipline are not formally trained in qualitative methodology and—like other research methods—qualitative methods are continually developed and enhanced.
Angelique N. Dueñas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The 'black box' problem in the study of participation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Research on citizen participation has been guided by two core issues: first, the observation of a widening repertory of modes of participation, and second, the argument that participation is not an undifferentiated phenomenon, but must be conceived as an
Denk, Thomas, Hustinx, Lesley
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Reflexive thematic analysis and men's embodiment following injury or illness: A worked example

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Reflexive thematic analysis (reflexive TA) originated within psychology and the social sciences and has become an increasingly popular qualitative analytic method across a range of disciplines. In this article, we offer a brief methodological guide for researchers hoping to use the method, suitable for beginners through to those experienced in
Gareth Terry, Nikki Hayfield
wiley   +1 more source

When to use a metaphor: metaphors in dialogical explanations with addressees of different expertise

open access: yesFrontiers in Language Sciences
The present study aims to understand how metaphors are used in explanations. According to many current theories, metaphors have a conceptual function for the understanding of abstract objects.
Ingrid Scharlau   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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